Human Resources Business Partner

About Gordian

At Gordian, a Fortive company focused on continuous improvement, we are seeking a seasoned Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to drive meaningful change. Leveraging your specialized depth and breadth of HR knowledge and years of hands-on experience, you will excel in interpreting complex business issues through a people and culture lens. This role offers the autonomy to tackle intricate HR problems, identify innovative solutions, and propel organizational success and employee satisfaction. As a natural leader, you will guide people leaders and cross-functional teams, spearheading projects within the people/culture/HR domain to advance talent, culture, and organizational objectives. This position will be based remotely and will partner with a VP/General Manager and Corporate functions, reporting to the VP HR.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a Business Partner for people leaders of the Operating Company.
• Employee Engagement: Possesses a strong understanding of strategies to coach/partner with leaders in fostering an inclusive culture and driving employee engagement. Participates in problem-solving to understand root causes and co-develops action plans. Proficient in understanding engagement data and trends to suggest and implement initiatives.
• Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE): Shows a strong understanding of IDE principles and practices, including creating inclusive environments, promoting diversity, and advancing equity across HR processes. Participates in problem-solving and partners with business leaders and COE to deploy tools for an inclusive growth culture.
• Performance Management: Provides consultation to people leaders regarding goal setting and the full lifecycle of performance management, including annual processes, feedback, coaching, and performance improvement plan consultation.
• Employee Relations and Experience: Offers guidance and support to managers on HR policies, procedures, and best practices to promote an engaging environment and mitigate risks. Coaches leaders through employee relations matters and may assist with workplace investigations.
• Workforce Planning: Exhibits proficiency in methodologies and tools to anticipate future talent needs and align workforce plans with objectives. Works with leaders on workforce actions, including ramp-up, acquisitions, role eliminations, and restructuring. Capable of analyzing workforce data to inform decision-making.
• Builds Manager Capability in Talent Management: Equips managers with skills to effectively select, develop, and retain top talent through Organizational Talent Assessment/Talent Review. Coaches leaders on appropriate development solutions and tools for talent planning. Involved in coaching people leaders on talent selection decisions in partnership with the TA organization.

Role Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Human Resources or Talent Management function or other relevant experience.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services.
• Leads others to solve complex people and organization problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated impact across a range of clients, business operations and leading cross-functional projects, managing moderate risk, resources and complexity; has delivered results using critical thinking skills to make decisions.
• Trusted resource to people leader and HR colleagues and works well across the organization with cross-functional colleagues to deliver solutions.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with leaders to adopt a different point of view.
• Leverages data to make decisions. Takes a hands-on approach with high attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated achievement for impact in coaching, influencing and problem solving with various levels of leadership.
• In-depth knowledge of organizational design, talent management, employee relations, compensation, employee engagement, change management, learning and performance management.
• Understands the drivers of business.
• Proven project management and execution skills, with a track record of influencing through data-driven recommendations.
• Experience working in team environment with multiple time zones.
• Willingness to travel 10-20%.
• Proficient in Oracle HCM systems.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive, accelerating transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit, leading the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, and predictive maintenance. Our diverse team of 10,000 is united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you, in us, and in growth.

Key skills/competency

• HR Business Partnering
• Talent Management
• Employee Engagement
• Performance Management
• Workforce Planning
• Employee Relations
• Organizational Development
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity
• Leadership Coaching
• Oracle HCM